NEWSBomb threat diverts flight, closes Ted Stevens airport to inbound traffic

Anchorage Daily News ^ | 5-2-2020 | Angela Krenzien

[Species8472]

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport was briefly closed to inbound flights Saturday morning after a bomb was reported on a flight that was then diverted to the airport.

A Facebook post from the airport says the cargo plane was bound for Asia and diverted to Anchorage early Saturday. Officials at the airport confirmed it was a China Airlines flight.

[Species8472]

Cargo Flight on route to China

[MrEdd]

Was it over Macho Grande?

[dfwgator]

Over Macho Grande?

[MrEdd]

I’ll never be over Macho Grande.

[Maudeen]

Like. . .what are we sending over there. Sterile masks and kits and we import the tainted ones.

[RetiredTexasVet]

FBI involved ... guessing someone trying to sneak out of the country or take some classified stuff out.

[Dacula]

Nervous?

No, I have been nervous a lot of times.

[House Atreides]

FBI involved ... guessing someone trying to sneak out of the country or take some classified stuff out.
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Yep...good excuse to require the plane to return and undergo a “fine tooth comb” examination by the feds.

[bort]

Has there ever been a bomb that has gone after a bomb threat was called in ?

[silverleaf]

Hmm, good excuse to ground it and search it, eh

[DannyTN]

Seems like a really ineffective time to make a bomb threat.

No planes in the air. Disrupts nothing.

[frank ballenger]

I’ll never be over Macho Grande.

Surely, you have to try to get over it.

[Yaelle]

Has there ever been a bomb that has gone after a bomb threat was called in ?

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No

[TexasGator]

Local police involved. Guessing it could be a donut run.

[Dacula]

And don’t call me Shirley.

[dfwgator]

Striker: Which passenger is Joe Solucci?

Mary, Shuttle Stewardess: 16C. Why?

Striker: He's carrying a bomb.

Mary, Shuttle Stewardess: A bo - ?

Striker: No, not a bo-. A bomb. Now, discreetly as possible, I want you to move the passengers, into the lounge.

Mary, Shuttle Stewardess: We don't have a lounge.

Striker: That's not important right now but, you got to do is get those people away from that bomb.

Mary, Shuttle Stewardess: Well, what should I say?

Striker: Anything. Just don't let Solucci think that we're onto him.

Mary, Shuttle Stewardess: I'll do my best.

Mary, Shuttle Stewardess: [Over Intercom] Attention ladies and gentlemen, please. Would everybody move to the lounge who is not carrying a bomb.

[mowowie]

Buddy couldn’t handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew? Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn’t handle it, and he went to pieces.

Andy went to pieces? No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued.

Howie came unglued? Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued?

And he bailed out? No. Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle.

Then Howie survived? No’fraid not. We lost Howie the next day.

Over Macho Grande? No. I don’t think I’ll ever get over Macho Grande.